Who doesn’t remember PC games such as Maniac Mansion, the King’s Quest series and the dubious adventures of Leisure Suit Larry or software such as Microsoft Works and Lotus Smart Suite? These titles ...

Launched for Apple devices in mid-May, the RetroArch emulator became a go-to emulator for iPhone and iPad users. What's more, the newly updated version of the app will allow you to relive your ...

Strictly-speaking modern x86 computers running Windows should be compatible with any software written for the very first MS-DOS PCs starting with the original IBM PC and its clones. In practice, it's ...

I apologize if this is the wrong forum, but it seemed the most applicable. I recently had to re-do my father's computer, and I upgraded him from Windows XP to Windows 7. He's very upset that some of ...

With the Steam Deck OLED out in the wild, playing AAA games on the go has never been easier, but why play some of the best PC games, when you could play DOS games on your handheld instead? Whether you ...

Clifford led How To coverage. He spent a handful of years at Peachpit Press, editing books on everything from the first iPhone to Python. He also worked at a handful of now-dead computer magazines, ...

Emulators are among my favorite tech-related items to play around with during my free time. Maybe it's just me, but there is something cool about being able to run an alternate OS on your PC, ...

Maybe you're not getting the true retro PC experience if you're not fiddling with settings at an emulated DOS text prompt, but there's something to be said for how easy console emulation has become ...